Volume 1 The Hidden Dragon in the Abyss Chapter 88 Siege (2)
Cheng Dan and the others were shocked, and looked up ahead. I saw that there were probably hundreds of cars densely packed, and they were slowly coming towards Aoba City.
These cars are small, much smaller than the previous ones. All eyes were on the tall things, so they ignored the carts.
It wasn't until the distance was close that everyone realized that there were still so many cars.
"What is this?" exclaimed one of the coalition generals. First there was the tall well car, and then there was the small car that could not be seen clearly. Because the well car is so shocking. The height of that magic is enough to make all the guards frightened. Therefore, Cheng Dan subconsciously felt that these dense cars were definitely not good goods.
"What? hundreds of thunderbolts?" But when Cheng Dan saw the things under the city clearly, he was really shocked this time, and let out a high-decibel exclamation. How ugly the face is, how ugly it is.
Thunderbolt car, the desolate world also has it, but it is generally in the hands of big forces, at least if you want a vassal state like Xuanguo to master the manufacturing method of the thunderbolt car, if Cheng Dan hadn't seen it in the Xuanguo army when he was young, he might not be able to recognize it now, but he didn't expect to be able to see it in a small place like the Chaotic Hills.
And there are still such a large number of thunderbolts, there are hundreds of thunderbolts, according to the report from the east gate and the west gate just now, I am afraid that there are nearly a thousand, you know, such a number can not even reach Xuanguo.
But the people present were shocked and shocked, and the most basic sanity was still maintained. It can also be said that the ignorant are fearless, after all, although they are more shocked by these weapons, after all, they have not seen their power with their own eyes, and they only feel unacceptable in their hearts for a while, and they have no idea of surrendering directly.
"Boss, now the Qingyun army is looking around outside. And then there are these siege equipment, although I don't know their specific power, but install the boss's narrative, then let alone defend Aoba City, even if it is to defend for a month, I'm afraid it will be difficult. I don't know what countermeasures you have in mind?" The surrounding generals all felt that their lips were dry, and the middle-aged general of Qingye City turned his head and asked Cheng Dandao with a blue face.
"Hold on for as long as you can. Now he can't give up the city, even if he retreats, he will consume the living strength of the Qingyun army, so that he has no ability to attack to the south. Cheng Dan seemed to be talking to himself.
Even the three captains and more than a dozen captains around Ye Qing were shocked, seeing a thunderbolt car, it was a situation, and seeing hundreds of thunderbolt cars was another feeling.
In addition, Ye Qing's more than ten well cars are almost high in the clouds. The aura emanating from it is like an ancient beast, which makes people feel very shocked.
Not only these cars, in order to protect them, Ye Qing arranged more than 5,000 elite cavalry guards in every direction to prevent the tragedy of the army in the city suddenly rushing out and being destroyed.
Tens of thousands of people, countless thunderbolts, densely packed. It's like an ant. Plus more than a dozen well trucks. In addition, there were countless people pulling carts full of stones and walking forward. These are catapult shells.
Hundreds of catapults came into range. The stones that served as shells were also ready later.
Ye Qingcai pulled out the saber at his waist and prepared to give an order.
Countless catapults, as well as the soldiers responsible for carrying the stones, all looked nervously at Aoba Castle in front of them.
On the huge well cart, thousands of green crossbowmen also pulled up the machine in their hands, aimed at the enemy on the opposite city wall, and were ready to shoot the crossbows and arrows in their hands hundreds of archers.
Although the green crossbow is filled slowly, it is better to shoot far, powerful, simple to operate, as long as it is trained for a period of time, there is no problem in shooting a fixed target.
On the city, Cheng Dan's face was covered with sweat.
"Three hundred steps. The equipment actually stopped three hundred paces away. We go from the bottom up. The accuracy was already extremely poor, and now it is basically impossible to shoot the opponent. The faces of the surrounding generals were extremely ugly, and he said.
"At this point, we can only make up for it with quantity. Shoot arrows at the well cart as much as you can. Saying that, Cheng Dan ordered: "Draw out 10,000 archers with a range of more than 300 paces from all the armies to shoot the opponent's archers." ”
"Yes. The generals around him answered, and immediately went down to arrange.
A moment later, 10,000 archers, facing more than a dozen well carts, began to shoot arrows.
"Whoosh. One by one, the arrows began to shoot diagonally at the Ye Army archers on the well car, but because of the distance and ability problems, most of them were not shot. After all, shooters with a range of more than 300 steps are not so easy to find, even if there is an army of 400,000 as the base, the coalition forces have only selected more than 1,000 such shooters, and the rest are just to confuse the public.
However, even with the attack of thousands of strong marksmen, Ye Junqing's crossbowmen did not receive many blows, and the wooden female wall on the well car was particularly high, which played a good role in protection. As long as the crossbowmen dodge under the female wall, the arrows of these archers are almost useless.
Seeing that the coalition forces were temporarily suppressed by themselves, Ye Qing decisively gave the order to attack.
"Siege. Ye Qing gave an order. "Boom. Suddenly, countless snare drums struck with a huge roar like thunder in the sky.
The green crossbowmen on the well cart, who had already been prepared, ventured out of the women's wall and began to shoot the guards on Aoba Castle. Countless thunderbolts also began to throw stones from the cars.
For a time, the resulting scene was extremely spectacular.
"Bang bang bang. ”
"Whoosh. ”
Think of the countless arrows and hundreds of stones flying in the sky, pouring down violently. The arrow only shoots a hole in a person's body, but the stone can smash a person's brain.
"Ahhh Although Cheng Dan had already ordered the soldiers to disperse as much as possible at the beginning to reduce the casualties caused by the catapults.
But at this moment, the head of Aoba Castle still screamed.
"Flutter, flutter. ”
"Bump, bump, bump. ”
"Knock knock. ”
The sound of arrows hitting flesh, stones crashing against walls, and the sound of drums that are powerful enough to shake the sky. Plus the terrible screams of the guards.
The entire siege battle, in the first moment, entered the stage of bloody and direct attack.
"The battalion responsible for filling the moat was ordered to rush up first. The misery of the defending side did not make Ye Qing hesitate and confused, but ordered very decisively.
Basically, as long as it is a city, it has its own moat, whether it is a defensive measure or a water source, in short, a moat is indispensable. In a general siege battle, the moat is the first line of defense that needs to be breached, and the defenders are condescending, and filling the moat usually suffers a major loss.
But now it was different, Ye Qing's power in the high places not only did not suppress it, but it had a slight upper hand. Especially the destructive power of those thunderbolts.
It doesn't hurt many people, but the effect is extremely shocking. The guards on the city either hugged their heads and ran around, or lay under the female wall, not daring to move.
Hundreds of catapults, every minute or two, can throw a flying stone, smashing them into fear. In addition, from the well cart, the green crossbowman who shoots arrows condescendingly.
It can be said that the Ye army has the upper hand, and it is basically pressing the coalition forces to fight.
With Ye Qing's order, a team of 10,000 people, who were already ready to fill the moat, rushed over with sacks in their arms under the leadership of their own captain.
Filling the moat is a hard work. But fortunately, Qingye City is located in the north, the water source is scarce, and the moat is basically dry all year round, which also brings convenience to Ye Jun's filling work.
However, it is still a very large task to fill in several roads that can lead directly to Qingye City, so that Ye Qing's army can be launched.
The commander in charge of this work was full of excitement. "Quick, quick, fast. Just like when you usually practice, quickly throw the sack into it. ”
It's no wonder that Captain Wan is so excited, and when they practice normally, they have to face all kinds of tests. Not only the arrows that flew down from the city walls, but also the rolling stones and sandalwood thrown from the city walls.
Anyway, the soldiers who were responsible for filling the moat were almost all dead. Risking his life to fill in the path ahead.
But what about today? There are only sporadic arrows flying down from the sky, and the head is not accurate. Aside from a few unlucky eggs being shot, there were hardly any problems.
As the lieutenant said, there are people in this city who suppress it. Just fill in the moat.
"Flutter, flutter. "The army of 10,000 men under the command of the captain, each with a huge sack of earth in his hand, quickly sloped down the moat.
With a bang, the width of the moat rapidly decreased.
"It can't go on like this. On the first day of the city's defense, there was no moat. What should I do next?" Although the middle-aged general was hiding behind, the sound of filling the moat was too loud, and he could still hear it clearly.
Therefore, he looked at Cheng Dandao with an anxious face.
"But this flying stone is too powerful. Coupled with the suppression of the opponent's bow and arrow, the soldiers were afraid. Cheng Dan said helplessly, even the old pawn is afraid of the brains juxtaposed and dying.
Fighting with people can rely on bravery, you can rely on technology, let the enemy die, let yourself survive. But if you touch a person's head with a stone, there is absolutely no return.
No matter how powerful the military law is, there is no way to make the soldiers brave the stones on their heads and arrows to shoot the soldiers who are responsible for filling the moat under the city.
"That's right. How to forget. Find a shield. The huge shield made the soldiers defending the city hold up their shields, so that if the stones fell down, they could only hit the shields. It can make the archers feel safe under the shield and shoot the city corporals. Cheng Dan suddenly said with a look of remorse.